Ficus elastica

Ficus elastica

Common name: India-rubber tree印度橡樹

General description

Leaf

Size 15 to 25cm

Leaf stalk up to 10cm

Leaves are alternate, simple and elliptical.

Leaf apex rounded with a small pointed tip, base tapering, margin entire, texture smooth, leathery,

The veins indistinct.

　

Flower

Flowering period all the years except winter

Sex unisexual

Male flowers consist of two or five narrow, purplish perianth segments while the female flowers consist of a single-celled ovary containing one ovule.

The unique method of insect pollination relies on the production of short-styled ”gall flowers” inside which the pollinating wasps develop.

Female flowers which develop seeds have a style long enough to prevent the wasp depositing its egg on the ovule.

　

Trunk

Trunk is smooth and the buttresses at the base in larger trees and develoing aerial roots

Additional information

Height 20 m

Remarks Fast-growing, evergreen.
The native of trees are in northern India, Malaysia and Indonesia.

　

Size	15 to 25cm
Leaf stalk	up to 10cm
Leaves are alternate, simple and elliptical. Leaf apex rounded with a small pointed tip, base tapering, margin entire, texture smooth, leathery, The veins indistinct.

Height	20 m
Remarks	Fast-growing, evergreen. The native of trees are in northern India, Malaysia and Indonesia.